Playground Surfaces

At Barrs Recreation, we offer great playground surface solutions to help keep your kids safer while providing an attractive, accessible playground site. Click below to learn more about our options for playground surfaces including Engineered Wood Fiber, Poured in Place Rubber, Rubber Tiles and Artificial Turf.

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Burke Turf | Rubber Turf for Playground

Burke Turf^® combines rugged durability with remarkable softness and beauty that allows it to be used in both sports and playground areas! With the look and feel of fine blade fescue or blue grass lawn, it is a perfect complement to any playground area and helps keep children of all abilities moving! Below the playground surface you’ll find a soft infill that is completely anti-microbial, to provide a lasting, healthy play environment. A shock and drainage pad provides shock absorption and impact protection from falls – the most common source of serious playground injuries. Burke Turf conforms to the latest CPSC, ASTM, and ADAAG standards for impact attenuation and accessibility. Learn More

Burke Tiles | Playground Rubber Tiles

A Burke Tiles surface is the perfect landscape on which to create a playspace that encourages kids of all abilities to keep moving and have fun! These eco-friendly tiles are easy to install, simple to maintain and available in a beautiful palette of colors. Burke Tiles interlock on the entire edge on all four sides to prevent unsightly gapping! Burke Tiles are extremely durable and wear-resistant and are designed to provide continual, dependable protection from serious injuries in the event of a fall and offer accessibility for all children to get into the heart of the play! Learn more

Poured-in-Place Rubber Playground Surface

Poured in Place (PIP) surfacing is an excellent option for playgrounds of all sizes! It provides accessibility for children and families of all abilities, complements any color scheme with a variety of color options and has a low maintenance cost!

Poured-in-Place surfacing from Surface America has the toughest top coat in the industry, with a leading 2.44lbs per square foot of material! We know that it is a better product because we warrant it for 7 years - or 10 years with premium binder! The longest in the industry!

Engineered Wood Fiber | Playground Wood Mulch

Engineered wood fiber is an economical playground surfacing that is used in many playgrounds spaces because of its high impact absorbing qualities yet firm, slip resistant surface that, if properly installed, will meet accessibility guidelines and keep your kids safer as they play. Playground wood mulch is a popular option among playgrounds as it is a cost efficient safety surface.

Rubber Playground Mulch

Rubber mulch is an exceptional playground surface that absorbs shock and reduces playground injuries. With little need for maintenance, rubber mulch dries quickly, is available in a variety of colors and works in virtually all climate conditions, but won’t decompose like wood mulch.